Posted on 10/09/2012 9:59:30 AM PDT by Joseph Harrolds
Suppose that for whatever reason, the United States decided to limit the number of Federal holidays to five...and it's up to you to decide which five they are. Which would you pick? For reference's sake, here's the current list:
New Year's Day
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
If there's a holiday you want that's not on the list, you can pick it.
Full disclosure: I'm stealing the idea from this thread from Democratic Underground:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021495822
The most five most popular holidays at DU are Labor Day at #1 (big shock there), followed by Independence Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, and New Year's Day. Christmas didn't make the cut, coming in at #7. Surprisingly, there wasn't a single vote for Martin Luther King's Birthday...although Election Day was almost as popular Christmas, and there were multiple votes for a Generic Religious Holiday Day as well the various solstices and equinoxes.
They also want to change Columbus Day to the Indigenous Day of Remembrance...
Anyhoo, I'll start it off with my 5 picks:
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Currently there are tens of thousands of pages of laws and even more of government regulations.
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
You need to add in Boob Belt Day.
Fathers Day.
Kidding. :)
Washington’s birthday
Independence Day
Constitution Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Years
But I would have much of the government at home most of the year already.
The FedGov would simply make pages the size of Texas and print the size of dust mites.
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Good Friday, Veterans Day, Independence Day.
Haym Solomon
Christmas
Thanksgiving
4th of July
Veterans’ Day
Memorial Day
5? How about 0?
Why should the government get paid for not showing up?
Yes true , then we’d have to limit the laws to the number of words and letters, limit it to 5000 words of laws. this is the only solution I see, quantify limited government as the founding fathers tried to limit government with the constitution but democrats have gone around the constitution the latest is the 3000 pages of Obamacare that already has 13,000 pages of government regulations ( there is no way the constitution intended this monstrosity )
Yes true , then we’d have to limit the laws to the number of words and letters, limit it to 5000 words of laws. this is the only solution I see, quantify limited government as the founding fathers tried to limit government with the constitution but democrats have gone around the constitution the latest is the 3000 pages of Obamacare that already has 13,000 pages of government regulations ( there is no way the constitution intended this monstrosity )
Let’s see. Keep:
- Washington’s (or Lincoln’s) Birthday
- Memorial Day (roll Veteran’s Day into this as well)
- Independence Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
Optional:
- Super Bowl Monday (need to recover from the booze and food)
- New Year’s Day (same reasoning)
WAAAAAAY OUTTA HERE:
- Labor Day (too Unionized)
- MLK Birthday (40 years after his assassination, how far have race relations digressed? Even King would be ashamed!)
Memorial day
Independence Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
but wait that’s just what you picked...
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Sunday - all of them.
How about this:
If the “Law” won’t fit on a 3x5 card, in 8pt type, declare it an onerous POS, and scrap it, until it will fit, concisely and clearly. IMO, there’s no “Law” which can’t be revised to fit that criteria.
Independence day
Christmas day
Thanksgiving day
Memorial day
Easter
Monday following the holiday for any day that lands on a weekend.
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